Chapter 948 – Side Story – A Door That Won’t Freeze Unless You Open It (2)

The first advantage was that CEO Seo Ok-hee got very angry at me after hearing that she was ‘so cute that I wanted to kidnap her and imprison her.’

As written on the electronic display board, if we don’t mention each other’s three strengths, the door to the next room won’t open, so the boss and I continued the conversation by mentioning each other’s strengths.

“First of all, I did one, then it’s the boss’s turn.”

“… “Did you say that was an advantage?”

“If you decide it’s not a merit, the door won’t open, so you can go back and say it again. For now, let’s take turns talking about up to three.”

“… Seong Tae-kyung, your strength is that you have a clear sense of purpose. When it comes to your dream, which you mentioned before, you have the drive to never stop and move forward.

In the end, as soon as you see an opportunity to achieve your dream, you betray even the guild without hesitation and leave. Your strong point is that you have a clear sense of purpose.”

“Yes?”

“Let’s do this. Now, it’s your turn next.”

“…”

… Should I consider this as showing its merits?

For some reason, it seems like you’re saying it’s an advantage, but you’re slandering me in a strange way.

Still, if you look at the results, it was an advantage because it meant that I didn’t stop walking even for a moment until I achieved my goal.

My goal of creating a world where hunters do not die from monsters was somehow achieved within my arm’s reach, and all of this was accomplished in less than three years after becoming a hunter.

After nodding my head, thinking that the boss didn’t have bad intentions, I also immediately mentioned the following advantages.

“Another advantage of the boss… Of course, it must be charisma.”

“…”

“You’ve been running a large guild called Eun and Jade Co., Ltd. For over 20 years, right? In terms of years, it’s almost similar to my age.

“He ran the guild for 20 years, maintaining a large guild where it wouldn’t be surprising if the CEO changed several times, so it’s clear that no one can surpass the president in terms of charisma.”

“… “What, why are you suddenly praising me normally?”

“Yes?”

“No, that… No, no.”

Although the first compliment was somewhat tongue-in-cheek, the second compliment was sincere.

After hearing my praise, CEO Seo Ok-hee looked slightly embarrassed and continued to praise me a second time.

“Yes, another strength of yours, Lee, is that you have leadership skills.”

“…”

“The monster wave that occurred in an abandoned village last year, and the fact that a few A-level hunters who were not S-level gathered together to solve the problem of dungeon conversion in an area that had been neglected for over 10 years, was definitely shocking. And you were the one at the center of solving that incident.

If I were there, I could have handled it just as well as you… “You may have been disappointed, but it doesn’t change the fact that you did what you had to do in your position, so your leadership deserves full praise.”

“For something so shocking, it sounds like you were able to do it surprisingly well.”

“Okay. If I were in your position, it would have been possible to produce the best results through information gathering. But just because I can do it doesn’t mean it can’t be your strengths, right, Taekyung?”

“… That’s right.”

“Okay. And that outstanding leadership ultimately led to the selection of the entire Azure Shield, the core personnel of our guild, to your guild. Aren’t you the embodiment of leadership?”

“… “You’re not angry, are you?”

“It’s done. “It’s already happened in the past.”

… In an atmosphere that had strangely become a diss battle for talking about strengths, President Seo Ok-hee mentioned the last strength, telling me to come to my senses.

“The biggest advantage that President Seo Ok-hee has is… I guess it means he’s strong.”

“…”

“That’s right, President Seo Ok-hee is so strong that no one in Korea can surpass him. In fact, it is a clear advantage that no one can deny. President Seo Ok-hee was also the standard for becoming the world’s strongest hunter, which was my goal in the first place.”

“… “Is that so?”

“Of course, that still applies. I don’t know how many years it will take, but one day, I will become strong like President Seo Ok-hee, and I plan to make the guild I run into a guild as strong as Eun and Ok Co., Ltd.”

“… Yeah, yeah. That’s a good goal. Work hard.”

Perhaps because of the aftereffects of receiving repeated praise, CEO Seo Ok-hee turned his gaze to her embarrassed face and answered.

Now that there was one compliment left from her boss, she waited for his response with some anticipation, and carefully followed up with her final compliment to open the door.

“Being confident and confident in any situation is probably one of your greatest strengths.”

“Yes?”

“Look at it now. Even though you may have left our guild, I was once the leader of your guild, and you would be the only one who could approach me so shamelessly.”

“… “You’re talking about the advantages, right?”

“Of course. As far as I know, there are only two people, including you, who can be this confident even though they know my mind-reading skills. It also means that he is a transparent guy whose outward attitude doesn’t mean much, so you can have confidence.”

“…”

“… And, Seong Tae-kyung, I don’t particularly dislike that.”

At the end, CEO Seo Ok-hee answered in a low voice on purpose, probably because she was embarrassed, but her last words were clearly engraved in my ears anyway.

Anyway, I think this is really cute. It’s not for nothing that I mentioned cuteness as the boss’ first advantage.

-Clap.

It was a time of praise that felt a little awkward, but it seemed like all three points were recognized as having merit, so the door was opened by the bell, and as soon as we headed to the next room, a phrase that was much more unfamiliar than the previous conditions this time came out to welcome the boss.

“A door that won’t open unless you role-play”

“Role play?”

“I’m curious about what this is too. Suddenly it’s a role play…”

Role play, even with two people like this?

As I was wondering if this meant confirming each other’s love while filming some kind of melodrama, this time the content of the text on the door changed and began to explain the content of the ‘role play’.

“To ensure smooth progress of the role play, please follow all instructions below from now on.”

“Instructions… ?”

“It seems like the structure here is one where the boss and I have to do something to get through.”

“… Ha, you’re asking me to do something annoying again. If you just kiss and take off your clothes like you normally do, why do you keep doing this…”

“Yes? You mean like it used to be? “Have you ever been in this dungeon?”

“… Huh. Oh, it’s nothing. Rather, just take a look and see what I’m asking you to do. “If I miss something and don’t follow the instructions, I might be stuck here forever.”

Although Seo Ok-hee, the boss, seemed dissatisfied with the dungeon suddenly asking her to do various things, she still seemed to want to check what the dungeon was asking her to do.

Belle can read the boss’s mind and knows all about her sexual fetishes, so she probably won’t do anything that she doesn’t like.

As I was thinking that, a hole in the ceiling suddenly opened, and a rope fell down, hanging in the air.

“… Are you telling me to climb up a rope?”

President Seo Ok-hee says those words and naturally reaches out for the rope that came down from above.

I also thought it was a rope of just the right thickness, not too thick but not too thin, and then the text displayed above the door began to change into the following instructions.

“From now until this door opens, one person will be a ‘puppet’ and the other will be a ‘puppeteer.'”

“… “What?”

“…”

Doll? And the puppeteer?

Neither I nor the boss could hide our embarrassment at the distribution of roles, which was completely different from what we had expected of a play or drama with male and female protagonists.

「From then on, the ‘puppet’ must follow all the ‘puppet master’s’ commands without exception, and each time the ‘puppet’ refuses an instruction or the ‘puppet master’s’ command, a penalty is given to the ‘puppet.’」〈 Br〉

“… Penalty?”

「Instructions: Please designate the two people as ‘Puppet’ and ‘Puppetmaster’ according to their respective roles. The person designated as the ‘puppet’ should place his or her hands behind the head, and the person designated as the ‘puppet master’ should tie the rope hanging from the ceiling tightly to the ‘doll’s’ hands.”

“…”

“…”

… Indeed, this was a ‘role play’ feeling.

Now that I see it, it was just an expression calling it a role play, but in reality it was the same as a blatant declaration that they were going to engage in restraint play.

A doll with its hands tied cannot resist the puppeteer in subsequent playthroughs, and must ultimately complete all commands and instructions as instructed by the puppeteer until it leaves the room.

Moreover, if you look at what is written on the door, you can see that the penalty is only given to the doll and not to the puppeteer, so it was as if it had already been decided who was the puppet and who was the puppeteer when the roles were divided in this way.

“…”

-Sleep.

President Seo Ok-hee stands in front of the rope with her arms folded behind her so that she can tie her hands to the rope that came down from the air.

It was the moment when the distribution of roles between the doll and the puppeteer was decided without any discussion or persuasion.